Alta Innovations Homepage

Information and resources to help academics know how to protect their ideas and learn the potential routes for commercialisation.

The University has a large portfolio of medical, biomedical, engineering and environmental patents available for licensing.

When your organisation needs some fresh thinking, the University offers expert consultancy to ensure you succeed.

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Alta Innovations is the University of Birmingham’s research commercialisation company.

Technology transferWe help develop ideas into innovations We work with our academics to protect the University’s intellectual property and find the right commercial route for research. This might be through licensing the technology to a partner organisation, or creating a spin-out company. Through our expertise and networks, nearly 60% of all inventions we protect are licensed or assigned to a company within 18 months.

ConsultancyWe provide access to world-class expertise at the University of Birmingham Our relationships with businesses in the UK and internationally ensure we are well placed to promote partnerships between business and academia. We help businesses access fresh thinking from academics who are leaders in their field and help academics create impact and gain income from their research.